KEY STATS
Number of students that will benefit:
145 currently on
roll, with intake increased to 30 per year in 2016, so will grow to 210 pupils
by 2023.
Age of students:
4-11
Percentage eligible for free school meals:
13%*
*in the last six years
MY PROJECT
We are a thriving and
vibrant all-inclusive primary school where the children have an embedded love
of learning. Our ethos is "Excellence for All" and this is at the
heart of everything we do. We provide a caring, inspiring environment to enable
our pupils to develop a positive attitude towards learning and life, offering
them new opportunities to fulfil their potential.
The school offers an
outstanding academic and pastoral
education
and, to reflect the demand for school places from parents, the local authority increased
the intake in 2016 from 20 to 30 children in each reception class. As
our school is not yet ‘full’, our statutory funding is much lower than other
one-form entry schools such that we lack the means to fund some key computing
equipment that our able and eager pupils deserve and need to access.
What do you want?
A selection of programming equipment.
Who is this for?
This project will benefit the whole school.
Why do you want it?
Computing has undergone a
huge curriculum change in recent years with an emphasis now placed on teaching advanced
programming skills from age 4. Learning to code, debug and simulate algorithms
will equip our pupils with the skills they need to be 21st Century
learners. Coding is becoming one of the most desirable skills in industries
across the world. We need to and have a duty to prepare our children for their
technologically demanding future by teaching them skills that they can adapt
and use in the ever-changing world of technology.
Our
children in all year groups are keen problem-solvers, with curious and
creative minds. We wish to provide them with exciting equipment to develop coding and programming
skills. This new coding equipment will engage and motivate the children, spark
their creativity and allow them to take increased ownership of their learning,
both individually and as part of a group.
We also hope that
parents/carers will become inspired in coding as a result of their children’s
enthusiasm and would hope to lead some workshops where the children can share
their learning with them.
where your money goes
1 x 18 pack Bee-Bot Floor Robot @ £958.92 each
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Bee-Bot is an exciting
little robot designed for use by young children. It is colourful and
easy to operate - a perfect tool for teaching control, directional language and
programming, as well as counting, sequencing, problem-solving, and just having
fun!
3 x Pro-Bot Floor Robot @
£107.94 each = £323.82
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Bee-Bot’s big brother,
which takes the skills learned to the next level and develops more advanced
programming and control techniques, incorporating light and sound triggers.
1 x Pi2Go Raspberry Pi
Floor Robot @ £59.94 each
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A fully integrated robot
kit enabling children to learn robotic programming with Raspberry Pi.
1 x InO-Bot Scratch Programmable
Bluetooth Robot @ £119.94 each
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InO-Bot has been specially
designed to get the most out of programming lessons, using Scratch programmable
language. Children can design and create fun and challenging activities whilst
developing their programming and debugging skills.
1 x Scratch LED Rainbow
Matrix @ £71.94 each
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The Scratch LED rainbow matrix
is easy to use and provides a different way of controlling an output using
Scratch, which pushes the boundaries on children’s Scratch programming skills.
Subtotal: £1,534.56
Credit card fees @ 2%: £30.69
Grand total: £1,565.25
help us reach our target!
Please support us to help
make a difference to the children of Bramham Primary School – opening up this
world of programming and endless possibilities.
Please do donate if you
can, but if your can’t right now you can still help us by sharing this project
with anyone (family, friends, colleagues and neighbours) you think would
support us. Share the link on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, by email,
telephone, on a blog or even in a chat over the fence.
thank you for taking the time to find out about our project...
...on teaching advanced programming skills from age 4 :)
